Shaft bearing



E. SOBOLEWSKI.

SHAFT BEARING. APPLlcAloN FILED'JuLYzs, i920.

1,408,837 Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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UNITED ENT OFFICE.

EDWARD SOBOLE`WSKL 0F DETROIT, MICHIGN, SSIGNOR TO DETROIT TOOL COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CGRPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SHAFT BEARING.

Application led July 2,

To all w /Lom 'it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD SoBoLnwsKl, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Detroit, in the county of l/Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new .and Improved Shaft Bearing, of which the iollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bearingslor arbors for emery wheels and other grinders and cutters, and other shafts, and its object is to provide a constructiony of this character which will prevent endwise movement of the shaft and at the same time prevent objectionable end-thrust in the bearings.

This invention consists in a pair of bearings and a shaft mounted therein, and adjustable means on the shaft between the bearings to prevent endwise movement of the shaft.

It also consists in a pair of bearings embodying split conical bushings tapering toward each other, and means on their smaller ends to adjust them longitudinally and diametrically. I

It further consists of the details of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingallig. 1 is a transverse section of an arbor and its mounting on the line 1 1 of F ig. 2, on a larger scale. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 or' Fig. 1, on asmaller scale. Figs. 3 and 4 aresections on the lines 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. 1 respectively.

Similar reference characters reiter to like parts throughout the several views.

The shaft or arbor 1 shown in the drawings is slipped into its bearings from the right in Fig. 2 which is possible because its diameter adjacent the cutting or grinding wheel 2 is greater than elsewhere. A spool 8 mounted on the tapering end 4 or this arboris held in position byV a nut 5 and is driven by a key (S. The ring 7 is positioned by pins 8 land held in position on the hub o1 this spool by a nut 9. Any other desired means may be employed to mount the wheel 2 on the arbor.

The 'frame 11 for the arbor is provided with a pair oi' cylindrical bearing supports 12 and 13 which are connected by the sides 14 of an oil receptacle which preferably is integral with the frame 1l and comprises end walls l5 that unite with the bearing Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1922.v

1920. Serial No. 399,000.

supports., A cover 16 extends between the sides 14 and end walls 15 and is secured thereto and is preferably provided with a ller plug 17.

l/Vithin the supportsV 12 and 13 are the sleeves 18 and 19 provided with conical bores tapering inwardly. The outer end of each sleeve may have a threaded flange 20 adapted to receive a cap 22 provided with a groove to receive a packing ring 21-which bears upon the arbor and prevents leakage of lubricant. The inner end of each sleeve is externally threaded toV receive the nut 28, which, when screwed down onto the bearing support together with the liange 20, holds the sleeve rigidly in position.

Within these sleeves are the conical bearing bushings 24 and 25, each threaded on its inner end to receive a nut 26 whereby the bushings may be moved endwise in the sleeves. Each sleeve 18 and 19 is provided with a hole and each bushing 24 and 25 is provided with a slot to receive the inner ends ot the pins 27 mounted in the bearing supports and whereby they are prevented from turning. The slots 28 in the bearing bushings are ot suflicient length to permit the bushing to be moved endwise. These bushings are formed with v grooves 29 which end in radial slits 30 which thus split these bushings longitudinally. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, wedge blocks 31 lit in these grooves and are held in position by the screws 32 mounted in the bearing supports.

As the bushings are moved inwardly they are contracted because or" their outer conical bearing surfaces. To prevent them trom contracting more rapidly than desired these wedges are positioned in 4the V shaped grooves 29 and the screws 32 and wedge blocks 31 must be withdrawny before the bushing can be contracted.

A bearing collar 33 is mounted on the arbor to engage the inner end of each bearing bushing and is caused to turn with the arbor in any desired manner, pins 34 vei.:- tending into notches in the inner walls of these collars being shown. Nuts 35 on the threaded central portion 36 of the arbor engage these collars and as these collars turn with the arbor, there is little danger of the nuts 35 turning after they are adjusted, but this danger may be avoided by using the screws 37 and bearing blocks 38 which en gage the arbor.

VAbushings convey the oil,

l have Vshown the sleeves 18 and 19 p ro-V Vmunicate with pieces 4l of felt or other oil absorbent material mounted in slots in the bottoms of the bearing bushings.. The lubrif cant willthus be supplied to the middle portions of the journals on the shaft and will be carried from the central oil grooves 42 to the end grooves 43 by means ofthe helical grooves 44. ,The passages 45 in the bearing which gathers 'bef tween the bearings and the caps V22, hack to the passages V39. A pulley 46 is shown mounted on the arbor auge 47 may be supplied if desired.

`llVhenarbors .and other shafts have become warmed up, theyV expand longitudinally, Vand the collars which Vare to pierent them from moving endwise are usually soV far apart that an appreciable increase in theA distance between them results from `this expansion. But in the present case, the distance betweenthe nuts on the middle portion ofthe shaft is so small, that the increase in the distance between their outer faces may be neglected. The portions of the larbor on each side of the nuts 35 are free to move eiidwise in the bearings. As the pads 4i extend into thelubrieant, the journals ot the arbor will always be properly lubricated and heating of the arbor be held at a minimum.

The sizes and proportions of the various parts of the structure thus explained may all be changed by thoseV skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of niy inj volition as set forth iii the following claims.

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l claim:-

l. The coinliinat-ion with a shaft having a pair of journals'and a threaded portion between the journals, a pair of adjustable bea-rings for said journals, and nuts on the threaded portion` of the shaftengaging the inner ends of the bearings to prevent endwise movement thereof in the bearings.

Y 2. The combination with a shaft ,having a pair of journals anda threaded portion between the journals, a pair of nuts on said threadedportion, a kframe Vand a pair of bearing supports thereon, adjustable bear` ings mounted in said supports, each consisting-'of a sleeve having a tapering-bore, andV a bearing bushing `fitting said sleeve, the nuts engaging the inner ends of the sleeves to prevent endwise movement of the shaft.

3.V The combination with a shaft having` a pair of journals and va, threaded portion between the journals, a pair of nuts on said threaded portion, a `frame and a 'pair of hearing supports thereon, adjustable bearings mounted in said supports, each consisting of a sleeve having a tapering bore and a bearing bushing fitting said sleeve, said bushings have their exterior surfaces taperto driveit and an oil Aing toward each other and their smaller ends threaded, and nuts on said smaller ends to adjust the bushings.

4. rihe combination. with a shaft having) a pair of journals and a threaded portion e- Vtween the journals, a pair of nuts on said threaded portion, a. frame andV a pair of bearing supports thereon, adjustable bearings mountediiisaid supports, a collar be tween each nut and the adjacent end of the bearing, and means to cause said collars to rotate with theshaft.

5,. The combinationwith a shaft having a pair of journals and a threaded portion b etween the journals,a pair of nuts ori-said threaded portion, afraine and a `pair of bearing supports thereon, and adjustable bearings mounted insaid supports, each con-Y sisting of a sleeve having a tapering bore, a split bearino' bushing itting said sleeve, a

wedge entering the slit in the bushing, and

a sorewto adjust thewedge and thereby control the inner diameter of the bearing.

6. The combination with a shaft having apair of journals, a frame and a pair of bearingy supportsV thereon, an oil receptacle connecting said supports, a bearingsleeve and an adjustable bearing bushing for each support and journal, each Vsleeve and bushing having a slot in its lower portion extending to the shaft, and pads of absorbent material mounted in said slots and extending from the oil in the receptacle to said shaft.

7. The combination with a shaft having a pair of journals, a frame and a pair of bearing supports thereon, an oil receptacle connecting said supports, a bearing sleeve and an adjustable bearing bushing for each support and journal, each sleeve and bushing having a slot in its lower portion extending to the shaft, pads of absorbent materia mounted in said'slots and extending from the oil in the receptacle to said shaft,said

journals being formed with circumferential and helical oil grooves, and oil retainers on the outer ends of the bearing 'sleeves provided with paclring rings engaging the 'shaft outside of said journals. y

8. rlhe combination Vwith a shaft having a pair of journals and a threaded portion between the journals, a pair of nuts onfsaid threaded portion, a frame and a pair of bear"- supports thereon, "adjustable bearings mounted in saidfsupports, each consisting 'of a sleeve having a tapering bore and a bearing bushing fitting said sleeve, a liange ou the outer end and a nuten the inner: end of each bearing sleeve to secure the sleeves in position in the supports, and a nut on the inner end of veach hearing sleeve to adjust the same longitudinally and vdiametrioally.

bearing supports thereon, adjustable bearings mounted in said supports, each Consisting of a sleeve having a tapering bore and a bearing bushing tting said sleeve, said sleeves and bushings being provided With registering holes7 and pins extending n- Wardly from the supports into said holes to prevent the sleeves and bushings from turning.

l0. The combination with a shaft having a pair of journals7 a grinding wheel on one end of the shaft and a pulley on the other end of the shaft outside of said journals, said shaft being threaded the entire distance between said journals, and a pair of nuts on said threaded portion to prevent endwise movement of the shaft in said `ournals.

EDWARD SOB LEWSKI. 

